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Red River Dialect’s Broken Stay Open Sky in MOJO and Uncut.

Many thanks to Uncut and Stephen Deusner for their feature review of Red River Dialect’s Broken Stay Open Sky: “Gentle, thoughtful compositions that mix straightforward observation with naturalistic imagery and philosophical inquiry.” MOJO gives it 4 stars and calls it “thrillingly combustible.” Grip a copy for the full review and Q&A with David Morris, and pre-order “Broken Stay Open Sky” today (all orders include 3 free album downloads).

Mind Over Mirrors Presents Bellowing Sun Trailer.

APRIL 2018 // MIND OVER MIRRORS // PARADISE OF BACHELORS // MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO // “For a moment of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world islanded in its stream of stars, pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons, across eternal seas of space and time.” – Henry Beston, The Outermost House (1928)

Red River Dialect Shares “Gull Rock” via Uproxx.

Red River Dialect will release their third album, Broken Stay Open Sky, on February 2nd. After presenting the “rhapsodic” (NPR Music) lead single “Kukkuripa,” the band now shares “Gull Rock,” described by Uproxx as “frenzied and fantastic.” The band will tour the UK to celebrate the release of the album, including several dates with The Weather Station. 

I’m Bad Now: New Year, New Nap Eyes.

The acclaimed Canadians’ ambitious, allusive third album achieves a new sonic clarity, depth, and range to match the effortless melodies and extraordinary writing. It’s the band’s most transparent and personal set of songs to date, in which singer Nigel Chapman interrogates social, psychological, and spiritual milieus for clues about the elusive nature of knowledge. Pre-order I’m Bad Now (including a pink vinyl edition), watch the “Every Time the Feeling” lyric video via NPR Music, and catch them on tour.

The Weather Station: Tiny Desk + Tour.

The Weather Station ended 2017 on a high note receiving year-end accolades from the likes of Uncut, New Yorker, SPIN, NPR Music, Uproxx, Stereogum and beyond for her self-titled album. While on tour last fall, Lindeman (guitar, vocals) and band—Ben Whiteley (bass), Ian Kehoe (drums), and William Kidman (guitar)—stopped by NPR Music for an excellent Tiny Desk Concert performance. Here she performed album singles “Thirty” and “You and I (On The Other Side Of The World),” alongside standout track “Free.”

Red River Dialect to Tour with The Weather Station.

Happy news: Red River Dialect is heading out on a UK tour this winter to celebrate the release of their forthcoming album Broken Stay Open Sky, including many shows with The Weather Station. Don’t miss this incredible pairing.

One Year/Six Ears: PoB’s 2017 Year-End Playlist.

As 2017 nears its ignoble end, we offer you a playlist comprised of some of our favorite non-PoB records we jammed in the office, in the car, on the porch, and everywhere else this year. Most were released or reissued (in some form) in 2017; none were released by us. No hierarchical ranking is intended or implied. We hope you find some pleasure in the ensuing five hours as you launch into 2018. 

Jake Xerxes Fussell’s Fall Line Radio.

ICYMI, a PSA: Local purveyor of fine tunes and stiff brims Jake Xerxes Fussell hosts a weekly two-hour radio show down the road at WHUP in Hillsborough, NC—with sometimes co-host and chicken-bog expert Jefferson Currie II: “Our idea of ‘southern’ is broad and inclusive and distances itself from stagnant notions of authenticity, exclusivity, and antiquity. As much as we cherish our prewar blues 78s and “old-time” fiddle tunes, we also love hip-hop, bounce, banda, and norteña.”

Annual Krampus Day Sale: 20% Off through Dec. 15 with Code KRAMPUS.

‘Tis the season to give records to beloved friends and family (and to yourself too.) In lieu of the madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we prefer to observe Krampus Day (honoring the Central European folkloric anti-Santa critter). Shop PoB through Dec. 15 and enter coupon code KRAMPUS during checkout for a 20% discount on all catalog items.